The sad thing is, their defense has been quality for a few years now, and is excellent now that they’ve added Seymour and Ellis.

Too bad they don’t have a QB or an offensive line. They could win the AFC West if they had those two things.

Salty Buggah

Yea, they have had a decent defense when they play the Broncos. Their offense stinks but it was OK against us once last year.

Joe D.

LOL — Miller just crapped all over Morgan, as Morgan was droning on about the “advantage” YSIII gives the Yanks: “Well, they’ve hit 105 HRs on the road and 129 at home in the same number of games.”

Not a huge diff there, eh Morgan? With or without that one extra dinger every 3 games, the Yanks would have the best record in baseball. Further…reminder to Morgan: the opposing team gets to hit here too, you Giant Douche. Or Crap Sandwich. Whatever.

JMK

I’m not a huge football fan, but it’s a pleasure to watch Mark Sanchez play.

Also, isn’t it a little weird that Buddy Ryan and Marty Schottenheimer’s kids are running the Jets? If you’d told me that twenty years ago, I’d have looked at you like you were crazy.

JMK

Having prefaced this statement by noting I’m not much of a football fan, I’ve always rooted for the Giants (like the girlfriend who doesn’t know any of the players’ names but is still a “fan”), but watching Sanchez really makes me want to change my thin allegiances to the Jets.

I think I’m converting. And hey, I may even get more into football.

I’d respond to your point but all I know about Buddy Ryan is that he was the defensive coordinator of the Bears in the 80s, right? Shottenheimer was with the Chiefs and the Chargers, right?

Don Coryell was a bit before my time, but I still know that he was the head coach of the Cardinals and the Chargers.

JMK

True, but you follow football. The only reason I happened to know anything about Ryan and Shott is because of the new media attention they’re getting. I don’t even know who coached the Giants before Coughlin.

how Girardi/Francona are looking at the series differently.
Francona has scheduled days off for his players, while Girardi is sitting them because of the weather/injury, therefore Francona is setting his team up for the playoffs.

JMK

He was rehashing the Shaughnessy article with Theoretical Jon Miller. They both agreed that the Sox were resting players and not treating this series as anything of even miniscule importance. The Yankees, however, would have played both Damon and Posada but because Jorge’s neck hurts and Damon won’t play because of wet grass, they can’t. But they would if those things didn’t happen because they don’t rest guys! They go all-out!

Absurd.

http://www.myspace.com/bayside Thirty5Thirty6

That was Miller, not Morgan, Morgan was actually disagreeing with Miller. Always quick to judgement.

JMK

Wow. I’m in shock.

http://www.myspace.com/bayside Thirty5Thirty6

In shock? Morgan was saying if it was closer, the Yankees would be playing Posada and Damon, but the lead is large enough where they don’t have to. I know it’s shocking for you to understand.

http://www.workwithpete.com Pete

Joe Morgan has never sent a text message in his life.

Salty Buggah

Cmon guys…get a run or 5

Zack

looks like joe morgan and dan shaughnessy had a little chat today

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=siYKRL4I3UA JobaWockeeZ

So it’s safe to say Joe Morgan never paid attention to the Yankees lately before today?

Zack

They read the paper from the day before and that’s what they go by

whozat

This really is disgusting. Byrd is getting GIFTS off the plate.

Andy In Sunny Daytona

Wow! Did Steve make an actual point?

JMK

Impossible! He’d trade any point of reason for Rich Garces at age 70.

http://www.workwithpete.com Pete

Because of this, you just *know* Paul Byrd’s on the roster for an ALCS matchup.

Accent Shallow

Shit, if this were the 20s, they’d consider starting him in Game 1.

Joba Rules

Games like this is why I hate the

“It’s the Yankee offense against their pitching” argument when it comes to facing topflight pitchers. They get shut down by pieces of shit like Paul Byrd.

ARE YOU F@CKING RETARDED YOU F@CKING PIECE OF STUPID PIECE OF $HIT!?! Pena SWUNG at the pitch! ARE YOU STUPID?! Joe Morgan, are you going to blame everyone that hits Youkilis?! JOE MORGAN should go suck some dick so that he can get more retarded ideas in his head.

I don’t know how everyone puts up with his BS, I need to vent.

http://www.myspace.com/bayside Thirty5Thirty6

I’m pretty sure he wasn’t really serious. I don’t like his announcing either, and I understand it’s cool for everyone to hate on him, but calm the fuck down. No one makes you listen to him.

http://www.workwithpete.com Pete

ESPN makes us listen to him. There’s no equivalent of an SAP button for a smarter commentator….

http://www.myspace.com/bayside Thirty5Thirty6

No one makes you listen to him. You are not forced to have the volume up. Yes, there might not be another alternative, however, there is a solution to not wanting to hear him.

ShuutoHeat

I honestly can’t tell if he’s serious or not with his dead voice. He didn’t even emit a single chuckle, so was that a joke?

Sorry, I just really needed to vent out all this Morgan crap.

http://www.myspace.com/bayside Thirty5Thirty6

I don’t think he had his “dead voice”, as you call it, it sound light, thus I assumed he said it in a joking manner.

ShuutoHeat

Sound light? He’s monotone. Literally monotone.

Only when he chuckles and laughs can I tell that he’s joking.

Look, it’s obvious we have different opinions on Morgan. Let’s stop this Morgan discussion right here.

http://www.myspace.com/bayside Thirty5Thirty6

Listen to him right now. Is it his dead voice? Well, it must be if he is LITERALLY MONOTONE.

ShuutoHeat

DUDE, this is all subjective. HE IS MONOTONE TO ME!
Which part of that don’t you understand? Do you have to be correct? It’s my opinion.

If you don’t like what you see, why don you practice what you preach? No one is forcing you to read my comments.

It seems you have a gigantic love for Morgan.

http://www.myspace.com/bayside Thirty5Thirty6

Not really, I don’t, but if you can’t realize that it was a fucking joke, then that’s just sad. BUT BUT BUT HES TEH MONOTONE!!!11!!1!

But because you are totally fucking irrational, you post comment about telling him to go suck some dick.

DUMB.

JMK

Your links don’t work. :<

ShuutoHeat

Sorry buddy, I don’t know how the links got in there :P

If I can provide some links that will alleviate the steam brought on by Morgan’s crap, I would.

So now, the Yanks are being criticized for going all out, even they’re not? ESPN and others would erect statues for Boston for going all out.

scooter

heh… heh…. you said “erect”

Speaking of, I’m sure most of ESPN has serious wood over “ESPN Boston” – it’s a blatant acknowledgement of what most NY fans already know

Yeah Andy seems in a groove, and the pitches are sharper. This is good.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=siYKRL4I3UA JobaWockeeZ

STFU Youk.

http://www.workwithpete.com Pete

Joe Morgan, puh-lease. They played the Orioles and a floundering TB the last two weeks…

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=siYKRL4I3UA JobaWockeeZ

Don’t forget the Royals.

Dela G

nice K call there!

Joba Rules

Why don’t any of the Red Sox players get tossed for arguing called strike threes?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=siYKRL4I3UA JobaWockeeZ

Because they are so gritty, they get an exemption.

whozat

I think it’s actually because the umps don’t understand Leprechaun, and can’t actually understand Youkilis with all that beard in his mouth.

Andy In Sunny Daytona

The umpire realizes that if they complain, then they are probably wrong with their initial call. They will make it up to them later.

Conspiracy theorists FTW!!

http://www.workwithpete.com Pete

Way to grab that base, Swish!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=siYKRL4I3UA JobaWockeeZ

This is the implosion inning.

http://www.workwithpete.com Pete

not if the umpires have a say.

Johan Iz My Brohan

SWISHER!

whozat

Let’s wrap up the broadcast so far:

1) The Red Sox are worthy of praise because, after getting SWEPT by the Yankees a month or more ago, they didn’t pack it in and continued to play hard,
2) The reason the Red Sox aren’t winning right now is because they’re getting ready for October
3) Despite sitting FOUR regulars in the rubber match against the Angels in Anaheim, the Yankees are still driving hard, which is apparently the only reason they’re beating the amazing, 2nd-place Red Sox.

He was fucking safe you fucking disgrace of an umpire. Buy yourselves some glasses or get off the Red Sox nation.

whozat

So, lemme get this right…Paul Byrd’s strike zone is 6 inches wider than Pettitte’s, and Pettitte’s is three inches higher, and the Yankees have to stay on the bag for a full five seconds before they can take off when tagging.

Got it.

j

what the HELL is joe morgan talking about

Giselle

He just called swish a cheater. What class. Especially since swish left the bag after the ball hit the glove.

http://www.workwithpete.com Pete

Byrd is trying to throw the baseball through the runner at first.

http://www.workwithpete.com Pete

heh, he throws harder to first than to home plate.

Dela G

HE LEFT JUST FINE YOU IDIOT

JMK

This umpiring is epic bad. Worse than usual. And that’s saying something.

V

Nope, not worse than usual. This is actually better than usual. THAT is saying something.

I really hope we can get an MLB umpires lockout and just start over. These guys all fucking suck.

JMK

I’ve seen almost every Yankee game this year. Even this seems below those low standards. I’d be happy with an umpire lockout, but we hear all the time about the umpires getting documents displaying where they erred. Make them public! Make umpires accountable!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=siYKRL4I3UA JobaWockeeZ

Was Melky out you stupid umpires?

Matty Ice

Joe Morgan presented with the facts, and still comes off like a jackass.

whozat

Joe, you’re WRONG! You are JUST WRONG!

Zack

because the view from the third base camera angle, that’s not zoomed in on swisher’s foot, agrees with him he’s going to go by that to thinking hes right

Dela G

why the hell does molina always seem to be up when we don’t want him to

I know…I was just saying that they were acting like Andy was shockingly inefficient and that’s ridiculous.

Andy In Sunny Daytona

That will still be the #6 top play on ESPN tonite.

http://www.myspace.com/bayside Thirty5Thirty6

I think you’re underestimating that play. Top 3 for sure.

http://www.workwithpete.com Pete

If th Sox were actually trying, he’d have caught that.

Dela G

dan shaughnessy’d

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=siYKRL4I3UA JobaWockeeZ

But they need their rest. Ellsbury did the right thing and only go 99 percent on that play.

Ryan

I just want to thank ALL of you. I hardly ever comment on here, but constantly read the comments. Having all of you on here has helped me get through quite a few Morgan games. Plus, as hard as I try to convince my wife how biased ESPN is, she really doesn’t get it (or care) like all of you. I feel like I need to buy all of you flowers, or use some cheap pick up lines or something. Anyway, thanks!

ShuutoHeat

We’re all with you in the same boat.

He’s stupid, biased and oh so horrible.

What’s funny though is…some people still continue to think that it’s our fault for wanting to watch a game that isn’t muted due to Joe Morgan.

http://www.myspace.com/bayside Thirty5Thirty6

I don’t think it’s your fault, but whining about hearing him is really accomplished a lot.

ShuutoHeat

Wow, you sure love to hound me about this whole Joe Morgan thing. You see everyone else with the Joe Morgan comments?
Again, we all have our own opinions.

crapulent

Flowers would be great.

http://www.workwithpete.com Pete

C’mon, Alex smash a Grammar fastball into the 2nd deck.

JMK

I realize that the umpiring has been terrible (there’s no doubt) and it may have cost us a run, maybe two, but let’s not forget that we haven’t hit anything against a terrible pitcher. The players should shoulder some of the blame, too.